无妄

Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

三羖五牂,相隨俱行。迷入空澤,循谷直北。經涉六駮,為所傷賊。

Three rams and five ewes; together they travel. Lost in an empty marsh; following the valley northward. Passing through the realm of the dappled beast; they are wounded and preyed upon.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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